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* The Sikeston Standard Democrat is Sikeston's daily newspaper that derives its name from two of the city's previous newspapers — The Democrat Advertiser and The Daily Standard which was founded in 1911 and became a daily newspaper in 1950.
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* Previous Sikeston newspapers have included The Sikeston Star which was founded in 1884 ; The Sikeston Herald, a left-leaning Republican newspaper founded in 1903 or perhaps 1900 ; The Scott County Democrat and The Enterprise which was founded in 1883 and eventually became known as The Dexter Statesman ; and Delta Metro, a weekly news magazine, which was published from 1975 until 1977.
* Maida Coleman, a Democrat from St. Louis and assistant minority leader in the Missouri Senate, was born in Sikeston in 1954.
" The Sikeston Standard-Democrat said, " Democrat Russ Carnahan has brought more mud into a congressional campaign than the days of Bill D.
Sikeston and is
Between the junction of I-55 and I-57 in Sikeston, Missouri and the junction of I-55 and I-90 / 94 in Chicago, I-55 travels for, while the combination of I-57 and I-94 is only long between the same two points.
Likewise, at its southern end, Chicago is the control city listed for I-57 on signs on northbound I-55 south of Sikeston, Missouri, even though I-55 also goes to Chicago.
The Morehouse Elementary School is part of the Sikeston school system.
As of the 2000 U. S. Census, the city had a population of 16, 651 ; a 2008 estimate showed the population to be 17, 096, an increase of 2. 67 %, and is the third largest city in Missouri's 8th Congressional District after Cape Girardeau and Sikeston.
Although popular family restaurant Lambert's Cafe is generally referred to as being located in Sikeston, the restaurant is actually located just inside the Miner city limits.
Lambert's originated in Sikeston, but moved closer to I-55, which is located on the eastern side of Miner.
Sikeston () is a city located both in southern Scott County and northern New Madrid County, in the U. S. state of Missouri.
It is geographically situated just north of the " Missouri Bootheel ", although many locals consider Sikeston a part of it.
By way of Interstate 55, Interstate 57, and U. S. Route 60, Sikeston is close to the halfway point between St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee and 4 hours away from Nashville, Tennessee.
It is the principal city of the Sikeston Micropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Scott County, and has a total population of 41, 143.
Sikeston is located at ( 36. 879570 ,-89. 585172 ).
The city is situated upon the Sikeston Ridge which runs north and south from north of Sikeston through New Madrid.
Today Kingshighway, also known as Business U. S. Highway 61 serves Sikeston as a primary north-south street and is lined with businesses and older historic homes.
* Sikeston is also home to the Missouri National Guard unit Company C 1140th Engineer Battalion which took part in Operation Iraqi Freedom from February 2004 until February 2005.
* The first house in Sikeston is believed to have been located at 318 Baker Lane.
* The Sikeston Factory Outlet Mall is a 22-store outlet shopping center and is the only outlet center between St. Louis and Memphis that serves the five-state region.
Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores is located at Exit 67 off I-55, only one mile north of the I-55 / I-57 interchange.
* The Sikeston Depot, a train depot built in 1916 and on the National Register of Historical Places, is now used as a cultural center and museum.
The Sikeston Little Theater is the oldest performing arts group between St. Louis and Memphis.
Sikeston is home to several houses of worship.
Sikeston High School's mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are red and black.
The Scott County Central School District is also located five miles ( 8 km ) north of Sikeston on U. S. Route 61.
Sikeston and newspaper
* The Sikeston High School newspaper is known as The Bulldog Barker while the high school yearbook is known as The Growler.
Sikeston and its
Although Sikeston was only a small village during the Civil War, its position at the railroad and highway intersection gave it some importance.
Sikeston ended its season, losing in the state semifinals to Jefferson City Helias, one step short of the Class 4 State Championship game.
In the 2010 football season, Sikeston put together its second straight undefeated regular season and reached the Class 4 semifinals before losing to Warrenton.
Its eastern terminus is at the Mississippi River in Belmont ; its western terminus is at U. S. Route 61 / U. S. Route 62 midway between Sikeston and New Madrid.
Its eastern terminus is at Business U. S. Route 60 west of Sikeston ; its western terminus is at Route 25 in Dexter.
Sikeston and from
It goes from Sikeston, Missouri, at Interstate 55 to Chicago, Illinois, at Interstate 94.
In the state of Missouri, Interstate 57 runs northbound from Sikeston to the Cairo I-57 Bridge over the Mississippi River south of Cairo, Illinois.
On June 20, 1905, The Chaffee Real Estate Company of St. Louis, Missouri purchased of land from a local farmer, John Witt of Sikeston, Missouri, for $ 140, 000.
In February of 2012, a 4. 0-magnitude earthquake struck the area, not far from Sikeston, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois ; the impact was felt across multiple states.
In the fall of 1861, Confederate Brigadier General Gideon Pillow pushed a column of troops from New Madrid towards Sikeston and Cape Girardeau.
On November 3, 1861, from Cairo, Illinois, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant wrote a letter to Colonel Richard J. Oglesby, commander of the Union Headquarters District Southeast Missouri at Bird ’ s Point, ordering his troops to " strike for Sikeston " from the Mississippi River town of Commerce.
Entering the area from Bird's Point, Brigadier General Eleazor Arthur Paine, commander of the 4th Division of Army of the Mississippi, repaired the railroad and telegraph lines and used troops from Illinois to form a garrison for Sikeston, Bertrand, and Charleston.
On September 22, 1864, during Price's Raid, a Confederate force of 1, 500 men near Sikeston under the command of Colonel William Lafayette Jeffers attacked Captain Lewis Sells ' company of Union soldiers who were moving from Cape Girardeau to reinforce two companies of soldiers in Bloomfield.
* On May 17, 1946, William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., father of former U. S. President Bill Clinton, died outside Sikeston on U. S. Route 60 after being thrown from his car and drowning in a drainage ditch.
* Sikeston Bulls-A minor league baseball team and part of the collegiate wood bat KIT League, which consists of teams from Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois.
* Veterans ' Park-A park dedicated to the hundreds of men and women from Sikeston and other communities in Southeast Missouri who have valiantly served their country in times of war, the park features a large, lighted granite monument and American flag display.
Names of Sikeston area veterans are inscribed in the brick walk leading from the parking lot to the memorial.
* Charles Augustus Crow, a former Republican one-term congressman from Caruthersville, was born on a farm near Sikeston in 1873.
* Matthew S. Murray, who was appointed Director of Public Works for Kansas City at the request of Tom Pendergast in 1926, lived in Sikeston from 1908 until 1922.
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